Preposition Use

介詞用法

1. 讓我來幫你完成工作吧。

Incorrect: Let me help you to do your work.

Correct: Let me help you with your work.

2. 我建議你去休個長假。

Incorrect: I recommend you to take a long vacation.

Correct: I recommend that you take a long vacation.

3. 過來。

Incorrect: Come to here.

Correct: Come here.

4. 太陽從東方升起。

Incorrect: The sun rises from the East.

Correct: The sun rises in the East.

5. 小偷是從窗戶爬進來的。

Incorrect: The thief got in from the window.

Correct: The thief got in through the window.

6. 讓我們從第10頁開始。

Incorrect: Let’s begin from page 10.

Correct: Let’s begin at(on) page 10.

7. 我耐心有限。

Incorrect: There is a limit in my patience.

Correct: There is a limit to my patience.

8. 請在白線內等待。

Incorrect: Please wait inside the white line.

Correct: Please wait behind the white line.

9. 你家房子買了火險嗎?

Incorrect: Is your house insured for fire?

Correct: Is your house insured against fire?

10. 我沒地方住。

Incorrect: I have no house to live.

Correct: I have no house to live in.

11. 臉好臟!照照鏡子。

Incorrect: What a dirty face! Look at the mirror.

Correct: What a dirty face! Look in the mirror.

12. 這是我房間門鑰匙。

Incorrect: This is the key of my room.

Correct: This is the key to my room.

13. 我準備去上一個為期兩年的英語課程。

Incorrect: I am going to take a two-year course of English.

Correct: I am going to take a two-year course in English.

14. 末班車11點開，現在已經快11點了，趕緊的!

Incorrect: The last bus leaves at eleven o’clock. It’s about eleven now, Hurry!

Correct: The last bus leaves at eleven o’clock. It’s nearly (almost) eleven now, Hurry!

15. 把手從電線末端挪開。

Incorrect: Leave your hand from the end of the wire.

Correct: Let go of the end of the wire.

16. 靠右走。

Incorrect: Keep the right.

Correct: Keep to the right.

17. 不關你的事。

Incorrect: It is not of only your business.

Correct: It is none of your business.